From a homeless, battered by life, but cute dog named Sharik, thanks to Professor Preobrazhensky's experiment, a new creature "crawls out", called a human, who acquires not only a first and last name – Polygraph Poligrafovich Sharikov – but also official documents and even a job. But is this all that defines a human being?..
This immortal work about the vices of society is still relevant today: "Devastation is not in the closets, but in the heads..."
"Heart of a Dog" by the Russian Drama Theatre "Masterovye" became the "Best Play of Large Theatrical Form" at the XVII Festival of Theatres of Small Towns of Russia in 2019.